Spring-wheel.



J. E. RIBLLY.

SPRING WHEEL.

APPLIGATIoN FILED Nov. 2. 1907.

926,769. Patented July 6, 1909.

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'UNTED STATES PATENT @FFQE JAMES E. RIELLY, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

SPRING-WTIEEL.

T o all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES E. RIELLY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Spring-llliheels, and l do hereby declare the Yfollowing to be a lull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to ligures of reference marked thereon, which iorm a part of this specification.

This invention relates to a spring wheel, and is one in which a series of springs is placed between the telly and the rim to absorb the shock, and make an easy riding vehicle.

The improved feature in this wheel is the parallel arrangement of a series ot springs, the springs being arranged side by side, running parallel with one another' and having their contacting points arranged at stated intervals, these contacting points being staggered so that the number of bends or corrugations in each spring is reduced, but the number of points where the rim and folly contact with the springs is increased, that is more frequently around the circumference. This arrangement distributes the wear and causes the pressure, when applied at any point on the wheel, to be distributed among a number of contact points between the springs and the lielly and the rim.

The invention is illustrated in the accom panying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a section of a quarter of a wheel, and Fig. 2 is a section taken transversely through line 2, 2, in Fig. 1.

In my construction, l embody any usual iorm oi" hub 9 which is provided with spokes or a disk 10. Flanking the disk 10, on either side and near the periphery thereof, are the side plates 11 with the inwardly turned portions 11EL arranged so as to nearly bear on the disk 10 and acting to shut out gravel and dust from the interior of the spring chamber. The side plates are held together by means of the bolts 12. Between the plates 11, the periphery of the disk 10 is supplied with the clips 13 which are turned alternately to one side and then the other to form a bearing for the felly 14. The tread portion 15 0i the Wheel is arranged to rest on an annular ring 16, this ring forming the rim of the Wheel,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led November 2, 1907.

Patented July 6, 1909.

Serial No. 400,335.

and arranged to receive the pressure from the tread and transmit it to the springs.

Blocks 17 and 1S are fastened to the rim and the lclly respectively, and are arranged with open spaces between them, in which lit the corrugations 2() of the springs 19. T he springs 19 are arranged side by side, and can be two or more in number, but for the usual automobile wheel, three will be used. The blocks 17 and 1S are arranged so as to stagger the receptive openings, for the eorrugations 20, so that none of the corrugations are in line transversely and are spaced apart so that they appear staggered, and at the same time cach spring has less corrugations, but the contact points of the springs, with the rim and the telly, are multiplied over a construction where but one broad spring would be used.

Another advantage this construction has, is that if a spring breaks, the loss is not so great, a new spring can be easily inserted, and the cost of manufacture of the springs in this construction is less than if one spring were used.

Having thus described my invention, what l claim is?v 1. A wheel comprising a body portion having a lclly, a rim surrounding the telly at a dista-nce therefrom, blocks arranged on the rim and the telly, the blocks l'orming recesses between them, and springs having corrugations disposed alternately on the opposite sides thereof, the springs being in parallel arrangement and having the corrugations arranged out of transverse alinement.

2. A spring wheel comprising a body portion formed ol a disk having a telly thereon, a rim formed of side plates and a tread portion, the side plates inclosing the telly, blocks on the folly and on the under side ol the tread portion, the blocks forming rccesses between them, and a series of springs in parallel arrangement having corrugations arranged to alternately engage the recesses in the blocks on the lelly and the rim, the corrugations being arranged in recesses out of transverse alinenient.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty sixth day of October 1907.

JAMES E. RIELLY.

W'itnesses GUsTAvUs A. RICHARDS, FREDERICK B. RIonARDs. 

